and raising concerns about his age and ability to endure a grueling election cycle. we will watch the news conference live and dig in. fog, the smell, the smog, it s it s like out of like a disaster movie or something. yeah, it s really surreal. this is unbearable, and seems like apocalyptic. definitely have a headache, it s pretty hazy out here and my eyes are burning a little bit. john: people living in the northeast reacting to surreal scenes of smoke-filled cities as smog from raging canadian wildfires drifts to the united states leaving more than 100 million americans under air quality alerts, and the hazy conditions could be sticking around into the weekend. john roberts in washington, and good smoky thursday afternoon to you as well. aishah: coughing here and there. this is america reports, thanks for watching. time lapse video showing how the new york city skyline changed over the span of a few hours yesterday, the skies turning the orange-tinted color
Youre not here tonight because youre afraid of being on the stage and defending your record. Youre ducking these things. Thats Chris Christie with a direct attack on donald trump. And christie wasnt the only republican president ial candidate to address the former president s absence from last nights debate stage. There werent that many other attacks, though. But well bring you that and other big moments from last night. Donald trump actually wasnt watching because he was instead on a stage by himself in michigan speaking to a crowd of mostly nonunion auto workers and criticizing the union strike against detroits big three. And meanwhile in washington it appears that farright republicans in the house are ready to shutdown the government over one key funding item. Well tell you what that is just ahead. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, september 28th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Weve got a big show ahead, and we begin this morning
will take a little longer because they have more to count. so i would say in the 9-10 count. so i would say in the 9 10 range local time we start to have a pretty good feel for the direction that things are heading. the direction that things are headina. , ., . , heading. the democratic party has no particular heading. the democratic party has no particular contest - heading. the democratic partyj has no particular contest there this year but they start their processor tomorrow as well don t they? processor tomorrow as well don t they? processor tomorrow as well don t the ? , ., , ., , don t they? they do but what is interesting don t they? they do but what is interesting about don t they? they do but what is interesting about it don t they? they do but what is interesting about it is don t they? they do but what is interesting about it is the - interesting about it is the national democratic party did make a little change the schedule so iowa democrats will meet and they are
cancelling shows in new york. just not worth it. john: a little change in the weather pattern will blow it somewhere else. good news for us, bad news for others. the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway will land on american soil later this afternoon. joran van der sloot is being extradited to the united states after last ditch appeals failed to keep him in peru, he s serving a prison sentence for an unrelated murder. live outside the courtroom in birmingham, alabama. ted, you are on the ground, set the scene. what s the anticipation of joran van der sloot finally coming to the united states to face at least some form of justice? john, i got to tell you, it s high tension in the air here in
little change. herschel walker goes back in the lead. this was a competitive race. midnight walker still in the lead there. then you get to 2:00 a.m., warnock back in the lead. and then you come to the next morning and warnock s lead is a little bit more but still less than one point there at 49%. and here s where we ended up. we ended up there and that s why we re in the runoff. early on you see a lot of blue on the map. if you re in the warnock campaign that s great. let s be patient. let s watch through the night. for those who aren t familiar with this entirely the georgia law is that you have to reach 50%, and neither of them reached 50% in november. they don t have to do that tonight, right? but there s only two candidates on the ballot so they will. two candidates on the ballot, so they will. you have to walk in your ballot or leave it blank.